Date: Monday 18th April 2022
The Irish Grand National trends strongly favour progressive, lightly-weighted stayers.
This is rarely a race for exposed top weights, with improving types dominating.
Using the Turf Talk approach, these are the three that come out best on the ratings.
MAIN SELECTION
Lord Lariat (12/1 available)
A very strong trends fit and exactly the type to target in this race.
He is lightly weighted, progressive and still has enough scope to improve further over this sort of trip.
BACKUP SELECTION 1
Frontal Assault (7/1 available)
The obvious danger based on profile and recent form.
He has the class and experience to be competitive, while still fitting the key trends reasonably well.
BACKUP SELECTION 2
School Boy Hours (16/1 available)
A bigger price runner but one that fits the overall profile nicely.
He has a workable weight and enough improvement potential to be dangerous at this sort of level.
SUMMARY
Lord Lariat looks the strongest fit, with Frontal Assault the main threat and School Boy Hours offering value.
